SCOREBOARD: RICH v CARL

14.12 (96)

16.10 (106)

It looked like the Tigers would walk away with the game in the opening term as they kicked eight goals to set up a 30-point break at quarter-time.

But Mick Malthouse's men hit back with a strong second term to get within five points at the half - and they kept the momentum going in a tight third quarter, with two late goals to Levi Casboult putting the Blues up by three points at the final change.

In the final quarter the Blues kicked ahead with goals to Zach Tuohy and Lachie Henderson to get out to a 15-point lead, and although Ivan Maric pegged one back for the Tigers, Casboult kicked his third in time on to seal the win.

Casboult had a big day for Carlton with five marks, two tackles and eight hit-outs along with his three goals.

He told Grandstand it was good to get revenge on the Tigers for an earlier loss this season.

"It was really disappointing to lose to them in round one - they're a big rival so it was good to be able to get one back on them," he said.

Casboult said the Blues had never felt the game was beyond them, even after being towelled up in the first quarter.

"A lot of their (the Tigers') running was just off the backline, just running through the middle," he said.

"We just had to stop that - once we started covering the outlets after the first quarter, we ended up getting on top."

The young forward has had some mixed days in front of goal this season, but he was happy with his three-goal haul.

"I've have my days where I've taken marks but haven't been able to finish, so it was good to finish off with a few today," he said.

In more bad news for Richmond, spearhead Jack Riewoldt limped from the ground in time on in the final term with a leg injury after landing awkwardly in a marking contest.

Next week Carlton takes on Essendon while Richmond will look to rebound against Greater Western Sydney.

SCOREBOARD: PT A v GC

16.17 (113)

14.12 (96)

Gold Coast star Gary Ablett had another relatively quiet day with 22 touches, and it was his younger team-mates who kept the Suns in the game after a strong start by the Power, who kicked seven goals in to a strong wind in the opening term to lead by 24 points.

The Suns stayed in touch, booting three goals to one to bring the deficit back to 13 points at the half, and then they kicked the opening three goals of the second half to hit the front.

The visitors had a 10-point break at three-quarter time, but two goals in 65 seconds by Port Adelaide star Chad Wingard gave the home side back the lead, and they were never headed again, kicking a further four goals to two to clinch victory.

The Power's Matthew Broadbent said there was confidence in the playing group that they could come from behind to win.

"We don't want to have to be in that position, where we have to come from behind.," he told Grandstand.

"But we know we've got got it in us, we know we can overrun teams."

Broadbent said the Power needed to work on the team's performance at the back.

"We spoke about it, that was the area we needed to improve," he said.

"We really weren't happy with our defence. We probably got out of jail with our offence we thought we moved the ball pretty well (in attack) but our team defence can really improve."

Captain Travis Boak and Jay Schulz kicked three goals each for the Power, while Harley Bennell and Andrew Boston both bagged three for the Suns.

Gold Coast's Sebastian Tape left the game on a stretcher in the second quarter after a nasty head clash with Port Adelaide's Hamish Hartlett.